Macos uninstall pip and start over-CodePudding

I'm new to macos and trying to get a dev environment going...I need pip but getting an error message with just pip.

Getting error pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'pip==20.0.2' distribution was not found and is required by the application

Python3 was installed with macos and I tried to install 2.x version and made it the global default. I think that's why I'm getting the above error.

I uninstalled the 2.x python using pyenv.

How can I remove pip (i've got pip, pip3 and pip 3.8) and start over.

Thanks.

CodePudding user response：

Can you try removing pip using this in the directory where pip pacakge is installed? sudo rm -r pip <Version Number>

You can get the directory where pip is installed with this: which pip and then cd into that path and run the above command.

CodePudding user response：

You need to locate your installations of Pip and delete them.

1. $ which pip
2. cd into directory path returned. example: cd /usr/local/bin/
3. sudo rm -r pip
4. repeat for additional installations: pip, pip3 and pip 3.8